"Akashvani" (English ) is a programme journal of ALL INDIA RADIO ,it was formerly known as The Indian Listener.It used to serve the listener as a bradshaw of broadcasting ,and give listener the useful information in an interesting manner about programmes, who writes them,take part in them and produce them along with photographs of performing artists. It also contains the information of major changes in the policy and service of the organisation. The Indian Listener (fortnightly programme journal of AIR in English) published by The Indian State Broadcasting Service,Bombay ,started on 22 december, 1935 and was the successor to the Indian Radio Times in english, which was published beginning in July 16 of 1927. From 22 August ,1937 onwards, it used to published by All India Radio,New Delhi.In 1950,it was turned into a weekly journal. Later,The Indian listener became "Akashvani" (English ) in January 5, 1958. It was made a fortnightly again on July 1,1983. NAME OF THE JOURNAL: AKASHVANI LANGUAGE OF THE JOURNAL: English DATE,MONTH & YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 20-04-1958 PERIODICITY OF THE JOURNAL: Weekly NUMBER OF PAGES: 48 VOLUME NUMBER: Vol. XXIII, No. 16 BROADCAST PROGRAMME SCHEDULE PUBLISHED(PAGE NOS):11-46 ARTICLE: 1. Professional Theatres in Bengal 2. Influence of English Writers on Hindi 3. Nursery Rhymes and Where They Come From AUTHOR: 1. Ahindra Chowdhuri 2. Prakash Chandra Gupta 3. Mrs. Mary Sur KEYWORDS: Theatre Bankin Chandra Governor Pioneers Prayogavadies India Hindi Jack and Jill Story Moon Europe Document ID: APE-1958-(Jan-Jun)-VOL-I-16